This is a lovely example of the genre with two well-crafted recitatives and two lovely arias. Some challenging continuo writing as well. Eurilla is the source of consternation this time and the lives of ‘Ninfe e Pastore’ never run smooth. Stunning word-painting.

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Source: BL Add MS 14220 ff 18r – 21v<br>
A complex piece with an excellent vari-tempo final aria. The text can be summed up in two lines from the first recit: Written in blood, these tormented words my betrayed heart sends to you…Think, think how much I have loved you, know that you are not mine, and weep for the pity of my plight<br>
Range: d – g’

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Clori has left and he seeks her ‘…beautiful eyes to lift his sorrow…’ but is she as faithful as he would like? Only time will tell! A large ARARA format cantata with three lovely arias and some complex recitative writing. From the Naples Conservatorio collection.

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A charming cantata filled with indecision and containing one of Mancini’s most beautifula arias. A young man loves both Cintia and Irene and really doesn’t know what to do – can you help? RARA format. <br>
Source: Münster Santini Sammlung HS 3904(5) <br>
Range: c – g’

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Little known, but unjustifiably so! This RARA format cantata opens with a virtuosic recitative and continues to challenge both singer and continuo player throughout. A text full of longing for the beloved: The sun and the heavens were dark without a glimpse of your face… <br>
Source: Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli; Segnatura: 33.3.33-06

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‘Come, see how I have carved the name of Licori in every branch. Come read how I love a beautiful shepherdess who is as ungrateful as she is cruel.’ Nice to see the table turned once again (!) and Tirsi is busy with the bemoaning and bewailing. A stunning first Larghetto aria (with nightingales) and a fiery finish in the second aria Allegro. RARA format. <br>
Source: Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella: Cantate 22 no. 28

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Source: BL Add 38036 ff 89r – 94r<br>
A cantata dedicated to the little green demon of jealousy! Three excellent arias, particularly the first and some extensive and carefully crafted recitative. From a collection dated 1706, at least know the latest date it could have been written!

Range: d’ – g”

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Like two turtle doves they bill and coo, but while the one bills ‘love’ the other bills ‘pain and torment’. So a normal day in our pastoral setting! Clori is there of course and probably responsible for the pain.<br>
Source: Naples Cantate 22

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"If you do not cry at my tears…" Continuing with the sad cantata themes, this is a lovely work in ARARA format by the Neapolitan master Francesco Mancini. Pathos and not a little fire are on offer with some truly twisted recitatives in our lover’s reaction to Lilla’s heartlessness! <br>
Sources: Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli: Cantate 22 (30) and 181 (33).

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Each line written in blood is examined here in the response to ‘Tinte à note di sangue’ and found wanting. Lies, damn lies! ‘Would I could hear from those lips: Peace, peace my dearest. Instead, in fire and anger I can only respond in my rage: WIcked liar, liar and terrible’. Fiery and exciting writing in RARA format cantata. From a manuscript in the collection of the Biblioteca del Conservatorio di Musica S Pietro a Majella, Naples.
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